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I once saw Dizzy Gillespie at a live show, and it made me want to go home immediately and start writing. — Elmore Leonard

He called out to no one in particular, Fire in the Hole! — Elmore Leonard

Leave out the parts that readers tend to skip. — Elmore Leonard

I do have fun writing, and a long time ago, I told myself, 'You got to have fun at this, or it'll drive you nuts.' — Elmore Leonard

Don't interrupt a man when he's giving himself hell. — Elmore Leonard

I still read Hemingway. I still read his short stories because they're so good. He doesn't waste any words. — Elmore Leonard

I love Elmore Leonard. To me, True Romance is basically like an Elmore Leonard movie. — Quentin Tarantino

Skip the boring parts. — Elmore Leonard

I try to leave out the parts readers skip. — Elmore Leonard

What do you tell a man with two black eyes? Nothing, he's already been told twice. — Elmore Leonard

You never know what somebody might tell you,' Chris said, 'when they think you're somebody else. — Elmore Leonard

Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose. — Elmore Leonard

I used to be able to write five pages a day, every day, no problem. Now a good day is five or four pages, and that's from 9:30 A.M. until 6 P.M. — Elmore Leonard

It doesn't have to make sense, it just has to sound like it does. — Elmore Leonard

All over the world ... the past was being wiped out by condominiums. — Elmore Leonard

I spent most of my dough on booze, broads and boats and the rest I wasted. — Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard famously said that a story is real life with the boring parts left out. — Lisa Cron

There's something happening here, I know it. It's right in front of my face, but I just can't see it. — Elmore Leonard

Let it Ride channels Elmore Leonard at the height of his powers, with dialogue Quentin Tarantino would kill for. — Ken Bruen

If you're going to spend your life standing on principle, you want to be sure everyone understands what the principle is. — Elmore Leonard

I won't read a book that starts with a description of the weather. I don't read books over 300 pages, though I'll make an exception for Don Delillo. — Elmore Leonard

All the information you need can be given in dialogue. — Elmore Leonard

I'm not going to write for posterity. I'm going to write to make a buck. — Elmore Leonard

Never use the words 'suddenly' or 'all hell broke loose.' — Elmore Leonard

If it sounds like writing, I rewrite. — Elmore Leonard

I left advertising as fast as I could in 1961. And I haven't ever thought about going back. — Elmore Leonard

I don't want the reader to be aware of me as the writer. — Elmore Leonard

There's nothing like work to take your mind off your worries. — Elmore Leonard

Don't worry about what your mother thinks of your language. — Elmore Leonard

Try not to write the parts that people skip. — Elmore Leonard